This vegetable category is diverse and includes specimens like potatoes, taro, and yams. Tubers, which are essentially thick ...

Nigeria is the largest yam producer in the world, growing millions of tonnes every year Can Africa's biggest economy swap its addiction to oil for the starchy tubers that millions line their ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Yams, often mistaken for sweet potatoes, are nutrition-rich tubers that have rough, dusty brown skins and starchy, pale-fleshed interiors.

When Adaorah Oduah attended her first American Thanksgiving feast at an aunt's house in San Bernardino County in 2018, she was looking forward to one dish in particular: candied yams. Oduah had ...

In the worst drought in southern Africa in a century, villagers in Malawi are digging for potentially poisonous wild yams to eat as their crops lie scorched in the fields. "Our situation is very ...

If you are buying yams from a specialist African or Caribbean shop, ask them how to prepare the yams you are buying. They will have advice on whether the yam must be peeled before cooking and how ...

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Yams have been in great supply this winter. These knobbly tubers are about the size of a large thumb. The most common yam is pink-orange in colour and has a slightly shiny, ribbed surface.

SINGAPORE: The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has ordered the recall of Baker's Cottage's snow skin signature yam mooncake due to the presence of E coli. The product is imported from a bakery chain ...

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SALIMA, Malawi – During the worst drought in southern Africa in a century, villagers in Malawi are digging for potentially poisonous wild yams to eat as their crops lie scorched in the fields.